Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation

In recent years scientific literature has seen an increase in publications describing new transgenic applications. Although technically-sound, these promising developments might not necessarily translate into products available to the consumer. This article highlights the impact of external factors...

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Autor principal:	Vàzquez-Salat,Núria
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2013
Materias:	Genetically modified organisms GM animals policy domains governance socio-economic factors
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-976020130004000022014-02-05Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisationVàzquez-Salat,Núria Genetically modified organisms GM animals policy domains governance socio-economic factors In recent years scientific literature has seen an increase in publications describing new transgenic applications. Although technically-sound, these promising developments might not necessarily translate into products available to the consumer. This article highlights the impact of external factors on the commercial viability of Genetically Modified (GM) animals in the pharmaceutical and food sectors. Through the division of the production chain into three Policy Domains -Science, Market and Public- I present an overview of the broad range of regulatory and socio-economic components that impacts on the path towards commercialisation of GM animals. To further illustrate the unique combination of forces that influence each application, I provide an in-depth analysis of two real cases: GM rabbits producing human polyclonal antibodies (pharmaceutical case study) and GM cows producing recombinant human lactoferrin (food case study). The inability to generalise over the commercial success of a given transgenic application should encourage researchers to perform these type of exercises early in the R & D process. Furthermore, through the analysis of these case studies we can observe a change in the biopolitics of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Contrary to the GM plant biopolitical landscape, developing states such as China and Argentina are placing themselves as global leaders in GM animals. The pro-GM attitude of these states is likely to cause a shift in the political evolution of global GMO governance.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileBiological Research v.46 n.4 20132013-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602013000400002en10.4067/S0716-97602013000400002
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spellingShingle	Genetically modified organisms GM animals policy domains governance socio-economic factors Vàzquez-Salat,Núria Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation
description	In recent years scientific literature has seen an increase in publications describing new transgenic applications. Although technically-sound, these promising developments might not necessarily translate into products available to the consumer. This article highlights the impact of external factors on the commercial viability of Genetically Modified (GM) animals in the pharmaceutical and food sectors. Through the division of the production chain into three Policy Domains -Science, Market and Public- I present an overview of the broad range of regulatory and socio-economic components that impacts on the path towards commercialisation of GM animals. To further illustrate the unique combination of forces that influence each application, I provide an in-depth analysis of two real cases: GM rabbits producing human polyclonal antibodies (pharmaceutical case study) and GM cows producing recombinant human lactoferrin (food case study). The inability to generalise over the commercial success of a given transgenic application should encourage researchers to perform these type of exercises early in the R & D process. Furthermore, through the analysis of these case studies we can observe a change in the biopolitics of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Contrary to the GM plant biopolitical landscape, developing states such as China and Argentina are placing themselves as global leaders in GM animals. The pro-GM attitude of these states is likely to cause a shift in the political evolution of global GMO governance.
author	Vàzquez-Salat,Núria
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title	Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation
title_short	Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation
title_full	Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation
title_fullStr	Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation
title_full_unstemmed	Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation
title_sort	are good ideas enough?: the impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on gmo commercialisation
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
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Are good ideas enough?: The impact of socio-economic and regulatory factors on GMO commercialisation

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